On Jan. 8, the UCR Highlanders women’s basketball team played their first game against the UC Irvine (UCI) Anteaters in the Big West Conference. UCR has endured multiple game cancellations as a result of COVID-19 related reasons. UCR’s series against the University of Hawaii was cancelled after a COVID-19 test came back positive on the Rainbow Wahine.
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On Jan. 9, UCR faced the University of Hawaii after losing 83-88 on Jan.8. After a very intense second game, the University of Hawaii had brought UCR to a tie game in the final seconds of the game. The scoreboard showed 68 points for both the home and away teams with five seconds left on the clock and UCR...
On Saturday, Jan. 9, the UCR women’s basketball team faced off against UC Irvine (UCI) for the second time in the same weekend. Unfortunately, despite their valiant efforts in the final minutes of the game, they lost 62-60. Despite coming in strongly each quarter, the Irvine Anteaters kept finding the back of the net in the form of free...
The UCR men’s basketball team took their second loss of the season in a high-scoring 88-83 game at home against the University of Hawaii on Jan. 8. The Highlanders committed 15 turnovers, which proved to be costly in this close game.
Both teams started the game slow, as the Highlanders committed three turnovers in the first four minutes, and both...
On Tuesday, Dec.1, Head Coach Mike Magpayo was greeted by a loud and rowdy locker room. The athletes on his team doused him in water to celebrate the history he had just made. Coach Magpayo is the first Filipino and Asian head coach to win a Division I game, and with this win, he has made his first career...
Coach Mike Magpayo is the head coach for the UCR men's basketball team. Hailing from Hacienda Heights, he was named the head coach on July 1 of this year and has already been making history as the first Asian American head coach to win a Division I game. Basketball is nothing new to Magpayo, but the road to becoming...
It was a beautiful sunny day in the world-renowned stadium, Estadio Azteca, in Mexico City. A stadium full of fans let out a loud deafening roar. The 1986 World Cup was in the quarter-final stage. After an intense first half, Argentina and England were both without goals. Five minutes into the second half, Diego Maradona changed the world of...
Basketball returned to UCR on Wednesday, Nov. 25 as the UCR Highlanders faced the University of Pacific Tigers in Stockton. After much uncertainty on whether college teams would be allowed to resume gameplay, UCR began its basketball campaign for the 2020-21 season.
It was a slow start for both teams as they stagnated at seven before the Tigers managed...
Two years ago on Nov. 10, the UCR men’s soccer team made history by winning their first Big West title in the history of the program. After suffering through a disappointing season, with an early record of 0 wins, 7 losses and 1 tie, the team managed to turn things around and bring the Big West trophy home. The...
Russell Westbrook, the current point guard for the Houston Rockets, has requested to be traded and is looking to leave the team in search of a more agreeable environment. Westbrook came to the decision because he wishes to play a more central role on the team he plays for. That request, unfortunately, will not be possible, as the Rockets...